LIVE: Leafs vs. Bruins

Leafs take on the Bruins in rare Sunday night game.

LAST THREE GAMES:DECEMBER 7 - TORONTO 4 at OTTAWA 3 (SO) - James van Riemsdyk registered a goal and two assists in regulation and scored the deciding goal in the shootout to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre. Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist for Toronto, Jake Gardiner also tallied and James Reimer turned aside 47 of the 50 shots he faced. Clarke MacArthur, Erik Condra and Erik Karlsson each scored for Ottawa while Craig Anderson allowed three goals on 31 shots in defeat. TOR PP: 1-6 / OTT PP: 2-8 / Shots: 31-50DECEMBER 5 - TORONTO 3 vs. DALLAS 2 (OT) - Jonathan Bernier made 48 saves on 50 shots and Trevor Smith scored the game-winning goal with 42 seconds left in overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Dallas Stars 3-2 at Air Canada Centre. Nazem Kadri scored two goals in the win for Toronto and Phil Kessel notched two assists. Erik Cole and Shawn Horcoff each scored for Dallas while Kari Lehtonen made 21 saves in the loss. TOR PP: 1-2 / DAL PP: 1-4 / Shots: 24-50DECEMBER 3 - TORONTO 2 vs. SAN JOSE 4 - Brad Stuart scored the eventual game-winning goal late in the second period and Antti Niemi made 28 saves on 30 shots as the San Jose Sharks edged the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 at Air Canada Centre. Mike Brown and Joe Thornton also scored for San Jose, and Logan Couture sealed the win with an empty-net goal in the third period. Mason Raymond and Phil Kessel each had goals for Toronto while James Reimer stopped 37-of-40 shots in a losing effort. TOR PP: 2-3 / SJS PP: 1-4 / Shots: 30-41

TORONTO VERSUS BOSTON: NOTABLES- The Maple Leafs will wear their third sweater tonight for the 5th of 13 games this season. (3-1-0)- Joffrey Lupul leads all Toronto players in career assists (11) and points (17) in 22 games against Boston.- David Clarkson leads all Toronto players in career goals (7) in 24 games against Boston.- Carl Gunnarsson has registered more career goals (3) and points (9) against Boston than against any other NHL club.- Phil Kessel played 222 games with Boston over three seasons (2006-07 to 2008-09), registering 126 points (66 goals, 60 assists) with 56 penalty minutes.- Colton Orr played 21 games with Boston over parts of two seasons (2003-04, 2005-06), registering 27 penalty minutes.

The Bruins have issues following Saturday night's game against Pittsburgh:

-No Shawn Thornton, for one thing. He is suspended indefinitely following a sucker punch on Brooks Orpik

-No Loui Eriksson, concussed vs. Pittsburgh

-No Chris Kelly, placed on LTIR

Matt Fraser and Ryan Spooner called up from Providence for the game. Fraser (16 goals, 5 assists in AHL) was acquired along with Eriksson, Joe Morrow and Reilly Smith from Dallas in the Tyler Seguin trade.

James Reimer made 47 saves on 50 shots in Toronto's 4-3 shootout win on Dec. 7 at Ottawa. He also stopped 49 of the Capitals' 50shots on goal in his shootout win on Nov. 23. According to Elias, only Reimer and two other NHL goaltenders have recorded a shootoutvictory after facing 50 or more shots on goal during the "real hockey" part of the game this season. The other netminders to do thatwere the Coyotes' Mike Smith (Nov. 2) and the Sabres' Ryan Miller (Nov. 5), both in games at San Jose. Prior to Mike Smith on Nov. 2,no NHL goaltender had pulled off that feat since the Oilers' Devan Dubnyk on April 10, 2010 at Los Angeles.

This is the second of four games between the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs, who next meet in Boston on Jan. 14. The Bruins won the first game, beating the Maple Leafs 3-1 at TD Garden on Nov. 9. This is the 326th regular-season game between the teams in Toronto but just the third on a Sunday.

David Krejci has four points in his past four games and Chara has three points in that span. … James Van Riemsdyk has six points during a four-game point streak. Nazem Kadri has two goals and three points in his past two games.

@Mattss: 1 of 2 possibilities: Shopping Gardiner. Moving Rielly to world junior team, then maybe back to WHL. Thinking the latter, as long as Liles can play. I think Liles makes Fraser and Ranger better. I think Rielly is regressing a bit.

Gardiner continues to make me crazy -- shows of nascent billiance, followed by instances of this weird lack of urgency. Ottawa's 2nd or 3rd goal last night -- Gardner skating into the corner, apprently on Caribbean time, and gets beat cleanly to the puck, end up in the bak of the net. Was that a bad relay from Reimer, is it just lack of experience, or is Gardiner just one frustratingly chill dude?